Excerpts from an interview with Matthew Kennedy conducted on 10 September 2008 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. Matthew Kennedy discussing coming to Fisk University after graduating from Julliard; his earliest...

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with gospel recording artist Chris Wilson, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville...

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Marguerite Martin, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her daughter Sarah McConnell at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 20 July 1988 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the Nashville Conservatory of Music and some of the teachers there, including Signor Gaetano De Luca and Joseph...

A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the...

A photograph of four women in costume selling tickets to the Italian Street Fair. An article about the event appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper on October 8, 1956, citing: "Pizza, pepperoni and puppets abounded Saturday afternoon and...

Celebrity entertainer Rosemary Clooney, as she appeared at the WSM Sunday Down South Show, and the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium. The performance date was in February, 1953. She also met Mayor and Mrs. Ben West at the Richland Club. A year...

A photograph of Mrs. Eleanor Hankins (Hank) Fort, a Nashville native and prominent singer-songwriter. Popularly known by the stage name of Hank Fort, her music included songs with a Southern flavor, such as: "Put Your Shoes on Lucy," "Nashville's...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

The “Korean Singers” music ensemble group that performed in the lobby of the Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, circa December 12th - 21st, 1978. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 b & w filmstrip...

A scene from the Owen Bradley Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Park: In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness...

A photograph of Dinah Shore surrounded by family and friends at the Nashville Airport. This partial text accompanied the photograph appearing in the Nashville Banner newspaper on March 15, 1941: "Dinah Shore, radio and record artist, stopped for...

Pictured: Patti Page at the Capitol Park Inn, holding sheet music “The Boys’ Night Out,” June 7th, 1962. The song was performed by Patti Page in the 1962 MGM comedy movie “Boys’ Night Out.” Patti Page, born Clara Ann Fowler, was an American...

Pictured: Patti Page at the Capitol Park Inn, holding sheet music “The Boys’ Night Out,” June 7th, 1962. The song was performed by Patti Page in the 1962 MGM comedy movie “Boys’ Night Out.” Patti Page, born Clara Ann Fowler, was an American...